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Have you thought about building a section of the internal wall in 7n blocks? I've done this before in an extansion where the steel beams were approx 9m wide and were welded together before being craned in. The section was 3 blocks wide, with a conc padstone on top,the customer designed...

The amount of things ive already changed on this job due to customer changing mind is unbelievable,so would they notice the steel under the lintol?-probably yes. The windows are going to be wood,so a small trim will hide the steel. Im gonna put them on top of the lintol I'll post a few pics...

Thanks guys i'll put them over the top, and the conc undernesth inside,i normally use cavity closers so insulating/dot n dab isnt a problem

i did think of that,but obviously dont want the lintol showing under the stone

im currently working on a job for a customer who wants stone cills and heads to match existing. do i need to install a normal cavity lintol over the top of the stone head,and then cavity tray,or use a conc lintol on the inside and just put cavity tray in? being in the trade for 26years you'd...

hi everyone,i know that there are 60/m2 metric,but how many imperial-someone suggested 58? cheers karl

yes its under the rafters,i did think abt gripfill,but if uve got to screw them temp,then you might as well do it that way anywya? cheers

is that about 12 on a friday? ;-)

Anyone know of a good fixing for putting the above onto a pitched roof prior to boarding out?My local supplier doesnt stock them anymore Thanks

Ceoltex is one of the easiet things to cut,ive seen it done with a hand saw,and amongst other things an electric bread/meat knife! I'd use a hand saw and use a staright edge obviously,cut down the required depth and use say a chisel or scraper to take the groove out,it comes out surprisingly easy

The worst bit used to be cleaning all the bricks for re-use. The mixer used to be like a big cake mixer,and it stayed useable for ages! :-)

I think the venting thing depends if the chimney is on an external wall or internal.I'd certainly consider capping with either an brick or something in it-it'll stop any crap falling down the flue and ending up in your fireplace. If the chimney is on extarnal wall and you dont use the...

imo,ur better to use a breaker like noseall sugested,a grinder will make that much dust u wont be able to see what you're doing. These things are SO heavy,ur better breaking it into pieces,it shouldnt fall out as im guessing its reinforced looking at the size of it

I'd go for 5:1:1,which will probably start a debate on its own :-) As for lime setting-whn i did my apprenticeship,we used to use lime mortar at college,when you had finished building your project you would knock it down and the mortar would be remixed for use again

Why dont you ask your build if he can do the brickwork "overhand", not ideal, but it might make the situation with your neighbour a bit easier? Just a thought.....

Ur builder is right,it is a small job,and depnding on the size of the stack should only take a day to do.

thanks for all your comments guys theres no easy way around it lol

There are different ways of doing it depending(in my opinion) the overall thickness of the beams appearance i.e if its to finish flush with an existing wall as mentioned earlier. Once the rsj is nogged out then you can fix plasterboard to it and let it hang past the rsj so you could fix say a...

sorry,that should read 3bed house

I was just after a few ideas of what people were chargin,lofts are a whole new game to me. .I've just finished a rbed house for someone and a few extensions on the go,but pricin up the loft got me scratchin my head a bit.I did wonder if people used a per sq/m price similar to extensions.